| NURA GILI INDIGENOUS WINTER SCHOOL 2008 |
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The Nura Gili Indigenous Winter School at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney was a one week course for Indigenous students. High school students in years 10, 11 and 12 from all around Australia participated in this program. It was designed to provide insight into university life and a better understanding of the many opportunities available to those considering university as an option after high school. Nura Gili is from the language of the Eora people, whose land UNSW is situated on, and it means ‘place of fire and light’.
Many faculty groups were offered to the applicants. These faculties included medicine, business, law, performing arts, visual arts, fine arts, social work, architecture and engineering. I chose medicine as my preferred faculty because it is something I would consider as a career. In the medicine faculty we were supervised by three current students from UNSW two of whom were ‘med’ students. It was great to have students answering our numerous questions about university as we rushed off to our next activity.
The medicine faculty was loaded with fun and exciting activities. This faculty was involved in an excursion to the St. Vincent Hospital where we were introduced to their $80 000 SIM doll, a very life-like dummy that had a pulse, could breathe and bleed and that could be programmed to suffer many medical conditions for the med students to practise their knowledge. The faculty was then given a tour of the main areas of the hospital and then practised casting fractured forearms. Back at the university we were introduced to more med students who helped us practise taking someone’s blood pressure and suturing a lacerated pig’s foot. The Nura Gili Winter School Program 2008 was an amazing experience and any anxieties I had soon washed away. I had so much fun and met some great people with whom I’ll be friends with for many years to come. I would like to thank the supervisors and all the wonderful people who were involved in arranging the winter school and to anyone who thinks this program sounds interesting, I strongly urge you to go. My experience at Nura Gili will not soon be forgotten. |
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